If you don’t already listen to the History Extra podcast from the BBC History...
race issues in history
I wanted to like Still Star Crossed (2017) — the show that riffs on...
Growing up, I adored Shirley Temple movies. If it isn’t obvious, I’m the fan...
In an interview with the Sunday Times, actress Thandie Newton commented on the limited roles...
I’m pretty sure most people in the U.S. have heard about Hidden Figures (2016)...
The second season of Underground (2016-) premieres on WGN America on March 8, 2017,...
When you think of the title character of Shakespeare’s play Othello, it seems obvious...
Portraying historical people on film and in TV is always open for criticism, even more so...
Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved creates evocative, often terrifying metaphors to explore the...
Roger Ebert called Thousand Pieces of Gold (1991) “angry and romantic,” which sold me...
